Meanings
plural blackheads
- countablemedicineA type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
Wallace sees a cluster of tiny blackheads at the corner of his nose.
2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 2151 more example
See there! A son is born And we pronounce him fit to fight There are blackheads on his shoulders And he pees himself in the night.
1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro TullSynonyms: open comedo
- uncountableA form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*blakaz
- Proto-West Germanic*blak
- Old Englishblæc
- Middle Englishblak
- Englishblack
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*káput
- Proto-Germanic*haubudą
- Old Englishhēafod
- Middle Englishheed
- Englishhead
- Englishblackhead
Translations
Arabic بُثُور سَوْدَاء, رُؤُوس سَوْدَاء
- بُثُور سَوْدَاء (buṯūr sawdāʔ)skin blemish
- رُؤُوس سَوْدَاء (ruʔūs sawdāʔ)skin blemish
Bulgarian че́рна то́чка
- че́рна то́чка (čérna tóčka)skin blemish
Catalan barb
- barbskin blemish
Dutch mee-eter
- mee-eterskin blemish
Finnish mustapää, komedo
- mustapääskin blemish
- komedoskin blemish
French point noir, comédon
- point noirskin blemish
- comédonskin blemish
German Mitesser, Komedo
- Mitesserskin blemish
- Komedoskin blemish
Greek φαγέσωρας, μαύρο στίγμα
- φαγέσωρας (fagésoras)skin blemish
- μαύρο στίγμα (mávro stígma)skin blemish
Hungarian mitesszer
- mitesszerskin blemish
Italian punto nero, comedone
- punto neroskin blemish
- comedoneskin blemish
Portuguese cravo, comedão
- cravoskin blemish
- comedãoskin blemish
- ponto negroskin blemish
Russian комедо́н, у́горь
- комедо́н (komedón)skin blemish
- у́горь (úgorʹ)skin blemish
Spanish punto negro, espinilla
- punto negroskin blemish
- espinillaskin blemish
- comedón abiertoskin blemish
- comedón negroskin blemish
Swedish pormask
- pormaskskin blemish
Turkish konedon, siyah nokta
- konedonskin blemish
- siyah noktaskin blemish
Ukrainian вуго́р
- вуго́р (vuhór)skin blemish
Vietnamese mụn đầu đen
- mụn đầu đenskin blemish
Cite this entry
blackhead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackhead
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